Flashpoints Forum Analyst

Ergo is a global intelligence and advisory firm trusted by the world’s leading investors, multinationals, and governments. Ergo combines unique intelligence, frontline expertise, and innovative proprietary frameworks to generate predictions and analysis on the critical issues affecting markets, businesses, and nations.
Work at Ergo offers the opportunity to conduct in-depth analysis, primary research, engagements with the world’s top experts and leaders, and innovative forecasting on a wide range of geopolitical, macroeconomic, and technological issues. This is a dynamic and exciting position in which you will work with our analyst team to understand our clients' questions and then lead the process to discover the answers.
Ergo seeks an Analyst of the very highest caliber to join its Flashpoints Forum team. The Forum is Ergo’s geopolitical-economic-technological forecasting platform, providing business and government leaders foresight and impact analysis on the most market-moving global issues.
Flashpoints Forum Analysts have a unique opportunity to become deeply engaged in major global issues, work directly with leaders of the world’s most influential companies, and build a valuable skill set by undertaking a range of crucial responsibilities, including:
Briefing senior executives on geopolitical forecasts
Interpreting major global issues and events that impact Ergo’s clients
Identifying and engaging with the world’s leading subject matter experts and recently former senior government officials
Working within and further developing Ergo’s proprietary scenario-generation methodology
Tracking developments on major global issues using a range of data sources
Monitoring and regularly reporting on complex political, economic, market, and security dynamics in dynamic countries and sectors
Determining direct impact to clients of potential futures of major global issues
Writing, analyzing, synthesizing, and presenting complex findings at very high standards and with quick turnaround deadlines
Building slides to accompany presentations (Keynote)
Qualifications
This is an entry-level position

for recent or 2027 graduates (undergrad or masters) . Ergo is prioritizing individuals with expertise in 1) macroeconomics, 2) conflict and kinetic activity, and/or 3) AI and emerging technology.
Ideal candidates will have an academic focus in international relations, public policy, history, or a similar discipline. Ideal candidates will also have previous internship experience in policy, consulting, risk analysis, sell-side research, government, or international business. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a genuine interest in economic issues, foreign affairs, and international business. Candidates must have:
Subject knowledge of a wide range of geopolitical topics
Excellent writing skills and ability to meet rapid turnaround deadlines for written content
Strong OSINT and primary source research capabilities
Ability to quickly understand new and complex topics
Fluency with AI
Interview skills for conversations with government leaders and subject matter experts
A personal and work history that shows honesty, discipline, initiative, creativity and a very strong intellect
A minimum GPA of 3.75 in college and/or grad school from a top 10% academic institution

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